title: Chylopericardium following orthotopic lung transplantation.
abstract: Chylopericardium is an uncommon condition, reported to occur following routine cardiac surgery, orthotopic heart transplantation, cardiac trauma, intrathoracic tumors, or infection. It has not, to date, been reported following uncomplicated orthotopic lung transplantation. This article describes chylopericardium following bilateral orthotopic lung transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Texas (Wait); and the Department of Anesthesiology (Ramsay), the Division of Cardiology (Hardaway) and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care (Rosenblatt), Department of Internal Medicine, and the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Capehart), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wait
authors.forename: Michael A E
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ramsay
authors.forename: Brian W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hardaway
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Capehart
authors.forename: Randall L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rosenblatt